Canada: Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew's black alleged attacker denied bailThe black Montreal man who is accused of attacking and attempting to rob Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew will spend New Year's Eve in jail before undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. The judge denied bail and ordered the evaluation during a court appearance Friday, claiming he didn't want a "ticking time bomb," roaming the streets. The 24-year-old house painter, Frederick Estelle, has been charged with assault and robbery stemming from an incident Wednesday. Estelle is alleged to have attacked Pettigrew while he was waiting for a train in Montreal. Pettigrew was allegedly accosted by the man who reportedly told him "this is my territory, you have no business here." Pettigrew was talking on his cell phone at the time and attempted to ignore the man. Estelle allegedly then grabbed Pettigrew by the shoulder and attempted to wrestle his cell phone from his hand. A Good Samaritan tried to intervene and was allegedly punched in the face in the process. Police then arrested Estelle, who told them he knew he had attacked "a well known public figure." Pettigrew suffered minor injuries to the mouth and nose resulting from the altercation. - (reader link) - (Canada) - (Black-on-White)

Canada: Police identify victim of Boxing Day shooting as 15-year-old Jane Creba * No time to say goodbyeTORONTO (CP) - The 15-year-old victim of the Boxing Day shootings in Toronto was Grade 10 student Jane Creba, a best friend to her sister, protector of her younger brother and a caring soul, her parents said in a statement Wednesday. Creba was gunned down early Monday evening during a shootout between two groups of young men on busy Yonge Street, which was packed with other innocent bystanders. Six others were injured. An autopsy found "the cause of death to be a bullet wound to the body," Det.-Sgt. Savas Kyriacou told a news conference. Creba was a star student and athlete and will be remembered as a loving and caring soul with a cheerful open heart, said a statement by the family. - (NNN Newsroom) - (Canada) * Gang feud may have led to Toronto shooting

Canada: Police Seek Dangerous Aboriginal Sex PredatorA Toronto woman is in hospital with serious injuries after being held captive, beaten and sexually assaulted. Now police are now on the hunt for a man with a history of violence. Walter Andrew Macdonald is facing a list of charges including forcible confinement and threatening death. She alleges he kept her there for 2 days and repeatedly assaulted her. He's described as Aboriginal, 5'8", 169 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. - (-88-) - (Canada) - (Abo) - Toronto Police News Release with mugshot

Canada: Sterilization suits settled
VANCOUVER (CP) - Nine women with mental disabilities who were sterilized at a psychiatric hospital in British Columbia will share a $450,000 settlement reached with the provincial government.

Canada: Man Accused of al-Qaida Link Admits Gun BuyTORONTO -- A Canadian terror suspect confessed to buying guns and rocket launchers for al-Qaida to use against U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to a court filing Monday. In an court affidavit in Toronto, where Abdullah Khadr appeared at a preliminary hearing, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corp. Richard Jenkins wrote that Khadr admitted ties to senior al-Qaida members and confessed to buying guns and rocket launchers for them in Afghanistan. Khadr also admitted to a role in an unspecified plot to assassinate Pakistan's prime minister.

Canada: The land of emptying churches - by Ted ByfieldThe Anglican Church of Canada, once the bastion church of all non-Roman Catholic Christianity north of the American border, was formally warned this month that it is ever more rapidly disappearing, and that unless something drastic is done it will vanish altogether shortly after the mid-century. - (José María)

2 Chinese students shot dead in CanadaThe Chinese Embassy in Canada confirmed to China Daily yesterday that the two students, both male, were shot at Fullhouse Karaoke Tea Caf in the city's Chinatown area at about 2:45am. Local newspapers said one man died instantly after being shot in the head, while the other who was shot about 10 times succumbed to injuries in hospital. Embassy figures show that there are about 50,000 Chinese students in Canada, including more than 2,000 in the capital. An urgent notice was issued by the embassy to warn Chinese citizens to be vigilant when they travel or live in Canada.

Fish from Asia found to contain carcinogen
Bill Chu had a suspicion -- that some types of fish imported to Canada from some Asian countries are contaminated with a known carcinogen. Tests done for CTV Whistleblower have proved him right.

Canada: Liberal MP Wants to Ban 50-Cent from Ottawa for promoting gangsta gun violence OTTAWA (CP) - Immigration Minister Joe Volpe has been asked by one of his Liberal colleagues to prevent rap artist Fifty Cent from coming to Canada. Born Curtis Jackson in Queen's N.Y., Fifty Cent - or "Fiddy" as he's known in rap circles - is scheduled to launch a Canadian tour Dec. 3 in Vancouver. But the rapper promotes gun violence, says Toronto MP Dan McTeague, who wants Volpe to turn back Fifty Cent at the border.

Canada: Sixteen Black Teens accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old White Toronto girl released on bail
TORONTO (CP) - Frustration and anger boiled over outside a city courtroom Tuesday among parents and friends of 16 teens charged in the alleged sexual assault and harassment of a 16-year-old girl that spanned a year-a-half. The highly charged atmosphere included suggestions by some that race is a factor in the case. All 16 of the accused are black and the alleged victim is white. Fifteen of the accused were released on bail Tuesday, and one other teen was previously granted bail after his arrest last week. - (NNN Newsroom)

Canada: Arrest made in ongoing hate-crime caseThomas M. Strain of Ottawa has been arrested in connection with the serial defacement of newspaper boxes distributing copies of "Capital Xtra!," a gay/transgendered community newspaper

Canada dismantles 'terror cell'
Canada's spy agency has revealed that it has dismantled a suspected terrorist cell last year in Toronto that included an al-Qaeda-trained explosives expert. The cell consisted of four Algerian refugee claimants alleged to be members of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, a radical Islamic group

Sports: Canada: HIV-positive footballer charged with sexual assault of B.C. womanA member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a B.C. woman and police revealed Friday he is HIV-positive. Trevis Smith was arresting Friday morning in Regina and will be transferred to British Columbia to face the charge, RCMP said in a news release. RCMP said disclosing an accused criminal's medical status was unusual but felt a public warning about Smith's HIV-positive status was necessary. Police said in a news release that anyone who may have had sexual contact with him and is concerned about exposure to HIV should immediately see their doctor or go to a clinic for testing, as well as contact police in relation to their investigation. - (more sports)

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- Why invade Canada?"Why invade
Canada? - (excerpt) Canada Has Stuff!First off, let's make Alaska actually
connected to the U.S. again! Those Alaskan folks are always getting screwed by
not being part of the "continental 48 states". Let's give them a nice
little bridge downstairs. A little bit of farmland never hurt anything either,
but forget the permafrost part. Canada is the second largest country in the world,
let's fix that..."

Canadian
Culture: "12 definitions of "hoser"
NNN
Editor note: there was a critical
poster on one of the NNN Newsrooms that goes by the name of 'hoser'.
"I
chose it as a board name, as I spent nearly 10 years working and living in
Canada..."